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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4600324, member: 8267"]I have not seen anything quite like it. That said, from your photos it looks like it might be a type of "greenstone", in the form of a crouching animal with an elongated head. </p><p><br /></p><p>"<b>Greenstone</b> is a common generic term for valuable, green-hued minerals and metamorphosed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous_rock" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous_rock" rel="nofollow">igneous rocks</a> and stones which early cultures used in the fashioning of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardstone_carving" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardstone_carving" rel="nofollow">hardstone carvings</a> such as jewelry, statuettes, ritual tools, and various other artifacts. Greenstone artifacts may be made of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenschist" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenschist" rel="nofollow">greenschist</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorastrolite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorastrolite" rel="nofollow">chlorastrolite</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentine_group" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentine_group" rel="nofollow">serpentine</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphacite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphacite" rel="nofollow">omphacite</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoprase" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoprase" rel="nofollow">chrysoprase</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivine" rel="nofollow">olivine</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephrite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephrite" rel="nofollow">nephrite</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloromelanite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloromelanite" rel="nofollow">chloromelanite</a> among other green-hued minerals.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> The term also includes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade" rel="nofollow">jade</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadeite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadeite" rel="nofollow">jadeite</a>, although these are perhaps more frequently identified by these latter terms.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> The greenish hue of these rocks generally derives from the presence of minerals such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorite_group" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorite_group" rel="nofollow">chlorite</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornblende" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornblende" rel="nofollow">hornblende</a>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidote" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidote" rel="nofollow">epidote</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)#cite_note-Kipfer218-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)#cite_note-Kipfer218-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a>"</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the single hole through the piece (under the animal's "head"), is it a straight cylindrical hole, or is it hourglass shaped ("biconical")? Such details of workmanship may be helpful in attribution.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4600324, member: 8267"]I have not seen anything quite like it. That said, from your photos it looks like it might be a type of "greenstone", in the form of a crouching animal with an elongated head. "[B]Greenstone[/B] is a common generic term for valuable, green-hued minerals and metamorphosed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous_rock']igneous rocks[/URL] and stones which early cultures used in the fashioning of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardstone_carving']hardstone carvings[/URL] such as jewelry, statuettes, ritual tools, and various other artifacts. Greenstone artifacts may be made of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenschist']greenschist[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorastrolite']chlorastrolite[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentine_group']serpentine[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphacite']omphacite[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoprase']chrysoprase[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivine']olivine[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephrite']nephrite[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloromelanite']chloromelanite[/URL] among other green-hued minerals.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] The term also includes [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade']jade[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadeite']jadeite[/URL], although these are perhaps more frequently identified by these latter terms.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] The greenish hue of these rocks generally derives from the presence of minerals such as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorite_group']chlorite[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornblende']hornblende[/URL], or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidote']epidote[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)#cite_note-Kipfer218-3'][3][/URL]" [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_(archaeology)[/URL] Looking at the single hole through the piece (under the animal's "head"), is it a straight cylindrical hole, or is it hourglass shaped ("biconical")? Such details of workmanship may be helpful in attribution.[/QUOTE]
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